Review

There are certainly cheaper gaming headsets (opens in new tab) out there, but few carry the cool factor of the Victrix Pro AF ANC with such bold glee. Bright purple streaks flashing through cold, dark black on each cup, the bright coiled cable erupting from the top of each ear, …

Watchmen was in danger of settling into a predictable rhythm last week – start with some misdirection, an obligatory Ozymandias scene toward the end, a little detective work, finish with a revelation. However, episode three blows away any preconceptions you may have already formed. Enter Laurie Blake, a character Watchmen …

There’s a case to be made that the Joker didn’t need a definitive on-screen origin story, but two hours in the company of Joaquin Phoenix’s clown prince is guaranteed to put a (nervous) smile on your face. Going to deeper, darker and more disturbing places than any comic book movie to date, Joker isn’t …

 Horror movies have become more and more complex in recent years (the term “elevated horror” has been thrown around, though it remains a contentious phrase among certain critics). Sometimes, though, you just want to hang out with monsters who aren’t forcing you to reconcile your complicated relationship with your mother. …

 Taika Waititi hate satire has premiered at Toronto International Film Festival – here’s Total Film’s review…  There are two hot-ticket young-boy-suffers-at-the-hands-of-Nazis films at TIFF this year. One is a three-hour hypo-realistic endurance test (The Painted Bird) with a somewhat opaque takeaway. The other is Jojo Rabbit; Taika Waititi’s unashamedly accessible …

In their first cinematic collaboration since Nowhere Boy, director Sam Taylor-Johnson and her actor-husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson join forces for this straight-up adaptation of James Frey’s memoir of addiction and rehab. Published in 2003, Frey’s book became a literary scandal when it was revealed that some elements were considerably embellished, but …

Control feels like a misnomer. You might be the newly appointed director of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC, for short), but Remedy’s latest game isn’t about feeling like you’re on top of things. In fact, the whole reason you’ve found yourself at The Oldest House, the FBC headquarters, is …

French director Alexandre Aja has dipped his toes in these waters before, with the boob-obsessed spring-break bitey fishy flick Piranha 3D (2010), but Crawl paints itself as a more serious proposition. The set-up is brutally simple. We first meet Haley (Kaya Scodelario), a wannabe University of Florida swimmer, at a …

Update: there is a new version of the Razer Blade Pro 17 available, as of 2021. Check out our full review of the updated model (opens in new tab).  Razer’s gaming laptops of recent years have been some of our favourites, always ranking high on our guides to the best …

Everyone’s favourite throwback horror series starring a bunch of kids, Stranger Things, is back. Stranger Things season 3 faces a challenge: how do we keep the audience entertained, fulfilled, and – most importantly – scared for not just a second time, but a third? The show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, …